eight pm here in moscow tonight ukraine's resorted to observe a lot to russia's gazprom the said after the collapse of gas price talks any deal had to be on kiev's terms. with this group in iraq reportedly captures the past u.s. military hardware left behind awfully invasion sweeping across the country's north a successful offensive and with baghdad now in its sights. the resoundingly no to g.m.o. is heard across the e.u. with member states could soon get the right to decide for themselves whether or not to allow biotech farming despite u.s. pressure on brussels to ramp up global trade.

if you just joined us for a good evening for me kevin now in our top story the developing news ukraine's interim prime minister has deliberately. deadlocked that's going to speed. the negotiations alexy hi there so is it dead in the water is it a dead duck or a third little more wiggle room yet across the weekend told to get the perfect idea of where these talks i should say not going you should listen to a very critical statement by. published just recently let's have a listen. well you too can insist that on the strategy of the ukrainian side is

outright blackmail from the start they took new constructive steps made no compromises and apparently want to be maximally aggravate our gas relationship a bust each to please you clearly it's sounds like the negotiations are not going anywhere the stumbling block is quite simple here ukraine wants to pay two hundred sixty five dollars per one thousand cubic meters of russian gas russia is offering what it calls a discounted prices price which pretty much correlates with the average price europe is paying for the russian gas which is about three hundred eighty five dollars per one thousand cubic meters of gas but is not the only problem here are ukraine's debts to russia at the moment particularly from the ukrainian gas company enough the gas to the russian gas giant gazprom stands for at about four point five billion dollars already and this debt is not being paid the c.e.o. of gazprom laid the blame entirely on the country's interim prime minister needs and you can make loud statements in circumstances like this. to go do it solution

according to kiev a deal can be reached only and exclusively on ukrainian terms even the european union said such a declaration has no place in the goshi asians and we agree in effect the talks with two paedos by prime minister said he yet snoop's statement you can you please do and will be interesting enough that europe in this particular row is siding with gazprom its energy commission mr edgar said recently that the price which gas from is offering is quite fair regarded compared to what is being played in europe and that any company has the legal right to demand that all debts to it must be paid in full of course europe has all the rights to be concerned i thirty of natural gas it's consuming comes from russia and half of it is being transmitted through the ukrainian territory so i mean everybody wants a good deal in life but you've got to pay for what you get also it's one of those i'm failing rules why. crane's problem here with what's on the table if he you say

it's not a bad deal guys akins considering the whole background story to this as well and the debt still haven't been paid that is a very interesting question especially considering that we cannot say for sure the exact prices which european countries are paying for the russian gas we know only of estimates but the estimates are suggesting that some countries in europe are paying in excess of four hundred dollars per one thousand cubic meters of gas and some countries like macedonia and slovenia are paying in excess of five hundred so the price of three hundred eighty five should be something of an average price for the european continent and it's unclear why ukraine is being so angry about it because we have heard no single complaint from all other countries in europe which are paying even more than that over the past decades or a thanks for that for now let's try and get some more information about the issue of ukraine says it won't pay any of its four point five billion dollar gas debt in till a gas price deal is reached which may not happen now let's get more on the deadlock with international law expert alexander mccurry is joining us live others if you

are heard alexia to say there but you know the background to this of this this current prices being offered but the deadline set for monday ten am do you think they'll be any movement by then or not i think he's extremely unlikely the only thing that might. is it the you you europeans tell the ukrainians in earth. you must pay. they go to the russians everybody by the way except that they do all this money to the russians in the ukrainians and if they don't do that then europeans. will start to go frankly ugly that's going to happen and i think on the sixteenth of june we will move forward to a treatment and system gas which looks to me like essential. but that's going to be a nightmare as far as ukraine is sort of the battered economy is concerned isn't it coming even afford to do that. i don't think we can actually afford to do that but

one of the fundamental problems with the way in which the ukrainian authorities have been dealing with their multiple crises since they took power in february is or they don't seem to show very much grasp of reality in the way that they deal with any of them and the gas issue is one example an extreme example perhaps but only one so what have they got to gain by intentionally torpedoing these talks first walk us process ukraine's down here. i think partly the ukrainians may think that the russians are bluffing and that with european support and the ukrainians have i think over high expectations of europeans the russians would eventually k. then there's been a lot of criticism of the russians for entering into negotiations with the wall and i think the ukraine will. that the russians were weakening their stance and that if they did the hard line the russians would weak any further beyond that i suspect

that there is equal legal dynamic to this in that it's difficult for the ukrainians at present time to negotiate with the russians about anything because there's many people in kiev who don't like that and also an expectation that things deteriorate in ukraine they can actually blame it on the russian briefly if this is a game of bluff why does ukraine think it's got such a strong hand here considering all background of the unpaid debts except for eccentric because i suspect they thought they would get more political support in europe than they have been getting angela i think that's been a major factor in miscalculating where all of this is going by the way i should say there's been a long history of this if you go back to the u.s. government mr yushchenko that was in power between two thousand and four and two thousand and ten they've made exactly the same kind of risk in the oceans we always have more european support than in the end was provided by god of

a person's national works perfectly thought and. well meantime we're staying in ukraine but this time focusing on the residents of surveillance in the a stay were woken overnight to see the sky lit by what they claim were incendiary bombs dropped on their city that's a weapon banned by the u.n. and kiev denies its use as an industrial city with a population of over one hundred thousand people it has of course been the focal point of the government's crackdown on dissent of late it's been on a regular artillery fire for weeks now or seen residents in the basements and bomb shelters local activists say they're struggling to get women and children out of the city still despite the totals being opened schools hospitals and government buildings have been damaged water and power supplies are faltering ukraine's health ministry says more than two hundred people including nineteen children have been killed in the east so far since the government began its military operation. together with the army the ukrainian government's been sending the national guard

east as well they form the backbone of the military and soaps they have but entire units are now heading back to kiev saying they're unpaid and the been abandoned by the government. but they go on about a source that may or may use according to official papers we don't exist where in the allusion it's like we haven't been deployed here we haven't got any ammunition nothing we were sleeping on the ground because we didn't even have a can and they just sent us there and forgot about us and while all the generals and commanders were sitting pretty in the intense guarded by the u.s. they b.c.'s we were sent to fight like cannon fodder which fish. so to show us we haven't been paid we're going around six hundred door sort of rebel here two months ago and sit with you having food instead they've been feeding us with promises that it's going to happen tomorrow which we are tired of waiting. for

it's part of still trying to solve the situation moscow plans to submit a draft resolution on ukraine to the un security council the paper calls for a hole to the violence in east. the country until return to the road map for settling the conflict was agreed to in geneva a month ago the russian foreign minister says the anti-government forces are ready to compromise but it's kiev that must take the first step here is a closer look at the crisis to today's edition of worlds apart right here on r.t. international. now that you've just returned from ukraine does it feel like a whole new country compared to the previous times you visit it no i think that would be overstating the fact it is true that there is a great deal of hope among some that this is a fresh start but equally people's memories are longer than seven or eight years and for many it's just the same old thing one oligarchy has effectively replaced another.

is focusing on iraq now a radical militant group that has been denounced by al-qaeda for big too violent and it's reportedly preparing now to take the iraqi capital baghdad fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant have already successfully advanced in the north they've captured the entire province of. which you can see here including its regional capital pushing south stream as took the city to create although recent local media reports suggest the army did manage to drive that you had there it's thought the government's resorted to asking the u.s. now to hit militants with drone strikes artie's middle portnoy explains how that might mean washington engaging against its own military hardware. what we're leaving behind a somber stable and self-reliant iraq two and a half years later the people america left behind are running away cleaning for their lives on hoth a million people have already escaped from iraq's second city mosul off the i.s.i.

al forced the army to retreat reports say gunmen have also sees a nearby oil reform and took control of strategic parts of the northern city of mosul by wednesday militants had seized the turkish consulate in mussel kidnapping the head of diplomatic mission and two dozen staff members some thirty thousand iraqi soldiers reportedly turned and ran as militants from the islamic state of iraq and syria known as isis moved in unleashing an all out assault on the city they've taken control of hospitals police stations they have taken control of ammunition dumps and weapons stores that the fleeing government forces of what they've left behind many of the abandoned weapons and military hardware now in the hands of hard line terrorists were imported into iraq from gas where i think you all are aware of the shipments that we've provided that include the delivery of three hundred hellfire missiles millions of rounds of small arms fire thousands of rounds of tank ammunition helicopter fired rockets that iraqi security forces and

don't forget about the u.s. supplied humvees here you can see isis insurgents riding and inspecting the vehicles driving them across the border into war torn syria critics call it an unintended consequence of the u.s. war in iraq coming home to roost there weren't any real sizable organized militant groups in iraq until al qaeda of the mesopotamia rose during them to fight back to the u.s. invasion to help the army we've trained them for eight years and that didn't seem to work bush dismantled the original iraqi army after the u.s. invasion. and that's the root of the problem the u.s. war in iraq cost washington close to one trillion dollars in the lives of more than forty five hundred soldiers hundreds of thousands of iraqis have reportedly been killed while the u.s. was looking for w m d's and spreading democracy. the unified and competent

iraqi military that was allegedly established has buckled weapons that were made in the usa are now in the hands of america's enemies and the country left to fend for itself in a state of crisis during a point r t. well in the past ten days more than five hundred people have been killed in the wave of violence in iraq that number is expected to grow as the army's made severe difficulties in fighting with you how this list took take a look at why that is the case firstly the extremis of captured iraq's second largest city and its warehouses that given the cash arms and ammunition the country's largest all refinery air is also at peril to have been captured by islamists which could endanger the country's already weak economy and the number of militants is growing to day by day as the group is said to have released hundreds of prisoners from jail and some of them have joined the ranks the islamic state in iraq and the levant organizations exploiting the big fear and fueling the sectarian tensions in society gathering public support among radicalized sunni muslims as

they go and finally another branch of the group operates in restless syria just over the border providing a steady flow of reinforcements into iraq investigative journalist robert perry who's a middle east specialist told us he believes iraq is collapsing and the u.s. should take responsibility for it well it suggests that the iraqi military is the indicate that is beginning to collapse the clearly this is a very divided country in terms of the question of stability or instability the u.s. invasion in two thousand and three was the force that shattered this nation and it's been hard to imagine how it's going to be put back together in any. leading the way since then you had even someone like then senator joe biden now the vice president suggesting some years ago that the country should be divided into three that have a sunni section a shiite section and a kurdish section and it seems to be moving in that direction. we avoid people for

developing and happening in iraq by heading to our team built home we also find expert analysis on the key causes and the plays in the troubled country. meantime here after the break up any more today stories including the ongoing battle against g.m.o. foods in the e.u. . this is the media leave us so we leave that maybe. by the same motions to the place the party physical. issues that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . take that as a sign that the united states would be more last. week are still calling the shots in ukraine in such undemocratic fashion as long as they are in line to be u.s.

national interests the united states i think its influence over ukraine possibly over a good. course i know biden and even the head of the cia have been welcomed with open arms in ukraine in recent times so of course the ukraine which is western leaning does indeed sound if you like to american overtures. hello again while america wants to feed the world with genetically modified foods the e.u. has got its reservations its environment council is just approved giving member states the right to limit or completely ban the production of g.m. crops move no need to be given final approval by the european parliament opinions

about farming differ among e.u. members pro dear mo britain for instance welcomes the initiative saying it will enable countries that want to grow such crops to get on with it without having to wait for brussels consent france is also positive but for a very different reason it's strongly opposed to biotech farming as for germany the country's government remains split over the issue but as people of the reports next while states disagree about the virtues of g.m.o. the public sunset is a firm no. countries like here in germany we've seen a massive outcry against genetically modified foods people preferring to shelf it's all gone extols like the one behind me now the reasons they've given for they saw several most notably health reasons people who grew up against g.m.o. foods are saying that there's not enough research on the fact the research hasn't even been done one other concern revolves around trades in genetically modified foods at the end of june we're going to see the negotiations on the new

transatlantic trade and investment policy getting into full swing at t. t. as it's known well its critics say this could allow american companies to pass off g.m.o. food stamps without having to let me repeat in snow they say that they well the standards of food in the united states just fall into the scrunch with the case in europe now we have seen bombs in the past just recently pools from the united states so they weren't going to be allowed to be imported into europe so it does seem that when it comes to the general public in europe they didn't g.m.o. a resoundingly no. so why well the greatest concern over genetically modified foods is impact on people's health possible consequences been actively study for a long time research shows that crops can do harm to a number of internal organs as well as cause cancer allergies and childhood

learning disorders. we've got more stories online on our website you can read about what canada's plans to protect web users from cyber bullying has previously advocates up in arms the should be allowed remote access to any computer or mobile phone to intercept information that having a warrant on a chair that's also the to the weapons might be virtual but the effect is very real find out about common online game help in arizona woman stop the robbery. football fans unite in just a few hours from now the first match of the twenty fourteen world cup kicks off of course starting a four week footballing bonanza hundreds of millions of fans leave the be there or chewed in to watch the spectacle the lead up there was anything but easy go of course the government had to contend with near daily protests over the huge cost of hosting the event even though airport staff and real in the twenty four hour strike explain how the transportation spiraling costs of live when

a brazilian skeptical about holding this whole told him of the ball is great phillips found out the die hard fans game is all i. have my he's also chosen the time that you would like to do because of all the teams competing in the world how was he did you thought it was i was having it just to get. these hundreds of those children who volunteered to run from you being seventeen cents a day and as we can see drew one don't really want to break from us so we could really came crashing down not to disrupt proceedings continue and kind of have that francoise with the flow. of the world come to. well companies t.v. or movie would try to say it's the first in south america for thirty six years i'm here asking people how they feel about it exciting to bring you brazil just to enjoy the world cup yet this would be the world was it was the spanish.

i was. good good good so how do you feel about this world cup so. what do we do years. you will be you know i. really be. so welcome back to kickoff in brazil was the feeling from the fans this is great for a lot see. so it all begins thursday night then when host brazil take home the kray show in sao paulo as much as going to be watched as far away as space we can reveal because this is the crew aboard the international space station the i assess they've been a bit of a kick about up there some three hundred kilometers above our heads u.s. astronauts and there are german colleague his national teams face each other in group g. also was good luck to all the players taking part back down on earth israel's

parliament has given initial approval to a lord they believe the force feeding of palestinian prisoners on hunger strike but medics refusing to comply with the practice deemed as torture by the un the c.e.o. of physicians for human rights hopes that israeli doctors will continue to oppose the government on the issue. feeding it we do not necessarily save anyone's life and it could lead to in ten no damages. and other different health complications to me today. the family didn't mind being head of that you really made the confusion you won't. get the practice in and. clearly stated that he would leave even not only civil damages but also death of fuel anything he's even they will be forced to believe that even if the law we've passed and he's. it to my to be already going to second and

third he'd hearing it in next week because the israeli government be interested in passing the law as soon as possible. p.c. shands relief use and obey to the medical ethics and not to the israeli law in this case and physicians we do not take part in told. world news in brief tonight the suicide bombing removed for a checkpoint in the second largest city benghazi has injured several people three soldiers and two civilians women it is thought that the troops were targeted for declaring support for a former general who unleashed a military campaign the. united states says resumed its drone program in pakistan after suspending it last december to allow talks between the government of the taliban at least sixteen suspected militants have been killed in two airstrikes targeted hideouts in the northern waziristan province the drone attacks come after taliban fighters launched brazen attacks on the country's largest airport in karachi killing dozens. at least seven people have been killed and twenty five

injured in a car bomb explosion in the syrian city of homs the attack comes just over a week after the country held its presidential election in may syrian government forces regain control of homes once dubbed the capital of the revolution after a deal allowing the withdrawal of rebel fighters trapped under siege. thanks for being with us next live news update just over half and all was news from a story for seventy don't come after the break a boom bust tonight taking on the world's financial players in a couple of minutes this is. in london in one of the caring hearts of one of the capitals of loving liberal e.u. they've implemented a plan to finally get almost people off the streets at night so that they provide

these desperate people with the jobs they could at least earn a few pounds and have some human dignity of course not they put down spikes everywhere on the ground so that the hobos have nowhere to sleep yes that is right they're laying down spikes to keep up the homeless just like dragon's teeth keep out tanks now if this happened somewhere in say bangladesh on a bad day i might say well that is their business but all the liberals in the e.u. just constantly cry from their ivory tower to the whole world about how we all need to be tolerant and be taxed to death to help people but as a guy who grew up in a bad neighborhood i can tell you that liberals never want to live near the people they claim to want to help you know henry ford was one of those guys who said that you should never give anybody any handouts so what he did was give the disabled and the poor a decent paying jobs at his factory so listen up you liberal loony bin if you want to get those evil yucky critical people off the streets just put them to work it will reduce your city of its homeless problem

a lot faster than spikes will but that's just my opinion. such. people. like. to think every minute. oh well. my. excuse is. sometimes nothing. is. still. just he still can still be shot

if he sees the state of the. speech was. edward harris and ada has the day off today's headlines student debt the average two thousand and fourteen graduate student loans thirty three thousand dollars according to an analyst an analysis of government data by advisers that makes today's graduates the most indebted ever as this graph shows you debt is double the amount just twenty years ago even after adjusting for inflation in aggregate the

student debt load in the united states is now about one trillion dollars but wait help is on the way just yesterday president obama signed an executive order capping payments at ten percent of monthly income for millions of borrowers here's what president obama said on the issue. we are here today because we believe that in america no hardworking young person should be priced out of higher education. the president also voiced support for massachusetts senator warner's bill to cap interest rates on student loans but here's what the president isn't doing he isn't reducing debt principal payments he isn't allowing debtors to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy and he isn't preventing that student debt.